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ACCOUNTS
OLD BRUTONIAN ASSOCIATION & CHARITABLE
TRUST ABRIDGED REPORTS & ACCOUNTS
The following are abridged reports and accounts of the
Association and its charitable trust for the year ended 31
December 2004. The full reports and accounts, which have been
examined by the Honorary Auditor acting as an Independent
Examiner, were approved by the Committee and trustees on 5
March 2005. Copies are available from The Honorary Secretary,
Old Brutonian Association, King’s School, Bruton, Somerset BA10
0ED and will be available at the Association’s AGM on 25 June
2005. Copies can also be accessed on the OBA website
www.oldbrutonians.com.
ABRIDGED REPORT OF THE ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2004
Objects
The general objects of the Association as contained in the
Rules are to promote union amongst Old Brutonians and to
further the interests of King’s School, Bruton. In particular the
Association will arrange an Annual Dinner at the School,
publish an Annual Newsletter and establish and maintain a
Charitable Trust for charitable purposes connected to the
Association’s objects.
Committee
At 31 December 2004 the Committee consisted of the
Officers: Christopher Rhys-Jones (O 45/49) President until 2005,
Richard Sullivan (N 58/62) Vice President until 2005, David
Hindley (Staff 63/00) Honorary Secretary until 2005 and Colin
Hughes (L 56/61) Honorary Treasurer until 2005, and eight
ordinary members: Sinead Costello (W 92/94) and John
Longman (P 57/61) to serve until 2005, James Holland (O 83/88)
and Kate Sedgman (W 95/97) to serve until 2006, Trevor Albery
(B 83/88) and Francis Luard (P 92/97) to serve until 2007 and
Hannah Carew-Gibbs (W 96/98) and James Wills (B 64/68) to
serve until 2008. John Kai Fleming (B 88/93), Sports Coordinator,
Jamie Reach (L91/95), Dinner Secretary and Harry Witherby (B
63/67), Newsletter Advertising and Website Maintenance,
attended committee meetings by invitation.
Under the current Rules two ordinary members of the
Committee are elected each year for a term of four years.
Ordinary members are not eligible for re-election until the year
following that in which they retire. At the general meeting on
26 June 2004 William Newton (L 73/75) and Jamie Reach, who
had been members since 2000, retired by rotation. John M
Graves (P 68/73), Honorary Auditor, was re-elected to serve for a
further year.
Membership
81 members joined the Association during 2004. The
Association was notified of the deaths of four members during
2004 and at the end of the year the total membership was
3,790. The active membership for whom current addresses are
known is now 2,074.
Activities
(a) Promotion of union among Old Brutonians
The annual general meeting and the Bruton dinner were held
on 26 June 2004. 32 members attended the meeting. The dinner
was held in the Memorial Hall and was attended by 77
members, 24 guests of members and 33 guests of the
Association. The annual reunion lunch in London was held in
the Girdlers’ Hall on 26 November 2004 and was attended by
150 members. The reunions in Bristol continued.
Old Brutonian teams competed against the School at hockey,
cricket, golf and tennis. An Old Brutonian cricket team
participated in the Brewers Cup competition.
The forty-fifth annual Newsletter was despatched to
members for whom addresses were known in April 2004. The
Newsletter was edited by David Hindley. Harry Witherby was
responsible for the procurement of advertising for the
Newsletter and for the maintenance of the OBA web-site
(www.oldbrutonians.com). Over half of the active membership
have registered their email addresses with the site.
(b) Furthering the interests of the School
The Association donated its investment income under a deed
of covenant to the Old Brutonian Association Charitable Trust.
The abridged report and accounts of the Trust give further
details.
Michael Barnfield (N 68/74), James Burrell (O 41/46) and
Nicholas Russell (N 68/70) represented Old Brutonians on the
council of the Friends of King’s School, Bruton. Richard Sampson
(P 51/55) is the current President of the Friends. Five members of
the Association are currently serving on the Governing Body of
the School.
The Association commissioned a portrait of Sir Peter Squire
(P 59/63), formerly Chief of the Air Staff, for presentation to the
School. The portrait was hung in the Norton Library and was
unveiled by HRH the Countess of Wessex in September 2004.
Finance
In the year ended 31 December 2004 the Association had
incoming resources of £27,978. Resources expended amounted
to £18,510 and the value of investments appreciated by £3,508.
Overall net assets rose to £107,856. Further details are given in
the abridged accounts below.
Appreciation
The Committee is extremely grateful to those members of
the Association who have served as past and present members
of the Committee, the representatives of the Association on
outside bodies, the Honorary Auditor, the editor of the
Newsletter and the match secretaries, together with the
organisers of the Bruton Dinner, the London Lunch and the
regional reunions. Without the assistance of these members the
Association would be unable to fulfil its objects.
OLD BRUTONIAN ASSOCIATION
Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 December 2004
2004 2003
Incoming resources £ £
Subscriptions 24,161 23,895
Investment income 3,012 2,200
Other 805 880
Total incoming resources 27,978 26,975
Resources expended
Newsletter publication 5,855 5,472
Donations 3,324 2,200
Administration 1,505 1,332
Other 7,826 851
Total resources expended 18,510 9,855
Net incoming resources 9,468 17,120
Gain/(loss) on investments 3,508 6,115
Net movement in funds 12,976 23,235
Fund as at 1 January 94,880 71,645
Fund as at 31 December 107,856 94,880
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